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Answering Students' Questions about Words.
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Tompkins, Gail E.; Yaden, David B., Jr. – 1986
Acknowledging that to study the development of a language is to study the history and culture of people and that English has been influenced by many geographic, political, economic, social, and linguistic forces, this booklet provides a ready reference for elementary and middle school/junior high school teachers confronted with students' questions…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Education, English